[Mary is a special case, certainly. Proof that not even the simplest, most determined brains can handle such an unthinkable wave of self-inflicted abuse and come out unscathed. Desensitized to an absurd degree, his attention remains focused on the vivid imagery of Julian's in-between realm.

It sounds infinitely more discomforting than any mere death.]

Wooow. [The word stretches with his awe.] It really sounds like the kind of place where you'd find a hanged man. But if you had to hang yourself to get there, weren't you a hanged man too?